Car construction.



PATENTBD MAY 22 E. M. EBB. GAR CONSTRUCTION. APPLICATION FILED 001223, 1905.

UNTTED STATES PATENT OFFIOE.

EDMUND M. EBB, OF JERSEY CITY, NEW JERSEY, ASSIGNOR TO ROBER M.

DIXON, OF EAST ORANGE, NEWV JERSEY.

CAR CONSTRUCTION.-

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented May 22, 1906.

Application filed October 23, 1905. $erial1iio. 284,111.

.tion, and more particularly to car-windows and the like.

One of the objects thereof is to provide in connection with a window efficient and practical suspending or balancing means which shall be readily accessible at all times.

Another and more specific object is to provide in car construction window-balancing means positioned so as to act most efficiently and be readily accessible without detracting from the appearance or compactness of construction of the adjacent portions of the car.

Other objects will be in part obvious and in part pointed out hereinafter.

The invention accordingly consists in. the features of construction, combinations of elements, and arrangement of parts which will be exemplified in the devices hereinafter set forth and the scope of the application of which will be indicated in the following claims.

In the accompanying drawings, wherein are shown one or more of various possible embodiments of the several features of my in vention, Figure 1 is an elevation thereof showing the same mounted in operative position. Fig. 2 is a perspective view of one form of drum-supporting means. Fig. 3 is a slightly-different embodiment of the features shown in Fig. 2. Fig. 4 is a similar view of an embodiment differing in other respects from that shown in Fig. 2. Fig. 5 is a similar view of a socket and a coacting part.

Similarreference characters refer to similar parts throughout the several views of the drawings.

This invention will be most readily under stood if the following facts be borne in mind: In window construction in general, and particularly in the case of car-windows, the balancing means in order to act most efficiently are often placed in cramped and inaccessible positions. By reason of the somewhat frequent need of repair or adjustment of window-balancing means of approved types, andv particularly of the highly-desirable springdrum construction, nevertheless, and on ac count of the fact that it is usually desired. to place these parts in position subsequent to the completion of the adjacent portions of thestructure it is imperatively required that frequent access be gained thereto. This with former constructions entailed not only a considerable expenditure of time and labor, but particularly in the case of cars required the tearing out and defacement of expensive pancling and other woodwork. This invention deals with regard to certain dominant features thereof with the provision of means whereby the above and other defects are remedied. and many positive advantages attained.

Referring now to the drawings, 1 denotes a portion of a car-body suilicient to disclose my invention, having the usual upright members or pilasters 2, upon. either side of which provision is made for the frame of a sliding sash, a portion of which'is shown at 3. Arranged above sash 3 is the inner wall 4 ofthe car, usually of paneled or other ornamental construction, between which and the outer wall a narrow space is formed. Into this cramped. inaccessible space sash 3 is necessarily thrown when raised to an open position. It will be apparent, therefore, that as the pilasters and walls are substantially integral partsof the structure of the car-body and inasmuch as the spring-drums or other balancing devices are necessarily located in order to act most efficiently within this space and above the upper end of the sash when in a raised position it is aimed to provide means whereby these devices may-be inserted and withdrawn without interfering with the integrity of the car structure. In the accomplishment of these advantageous results I therefore provide permanent fixtures 5 in this illustrative embodiment of my invention, shown substantially in the form of hooks or sockets which are fixed to the upright members or pilasters 2 at some distance above the upper endv of the sash and within the side walls of the car. It will be understood, of

course, that one of the fixtures 5 is located at either side of the sash.

The active element utilized for balancing the window is in the present instance a springdrum 6 of a Well-known type, the casing within which the same is rotatively mounted being shown at 7. Extending from casing 7 is a strap 8, provided with a downwardlyturned flange or hook 9 and a lower angular depending portion 10, as shown in Figs. 1 and 2 of the drawings. This depending strap is of such length that when the springdrum is operatively positioned within the side walls of the car the lower end thereof will extend without the side walls into a readilyaccessible position. Extending through the lower end of this part and into pilaster is a screw 11, as illustrative of a retaining device of which various forms could be used.

It will be understood that drum 6 is provided with a tape 12, passing through an opening 13 and secured to the sash inany desired manner.

Having thus described my invention, the operation thereof, which should to a large extent be obvious, is substantially as follows:

To position the sash-balancing devices between the side walls of the car-body, the sash is lowered or removed, if necessary, when the suspending device may be readily inserted and hook 9 thereof inserted within the coacting socket 5. Screw 11 is then driven through depending portion 10 into pilaster 2, thus mounting the balancing device securely in position and locking the same against movement in any direction. The entire device may be readily detached and removed, nevertheless, for purposes of repair or renewal by reversal of the above operation."

As shown in Fig. 3, hook portion 9 is cast integral with the casing, and the depending strap 10 is riveted or otherwise secured thereto, as at 14.

In the embodiment illustrated in Fig. i the part 10 is separable from the upper portion of the strap and the latter in turn separable from the casing, as in the embodiment first described.

It will thus be seen that I have provided a construction not only well adapted to achieve the objects of my invention, but characterized by marked simplicity, cheapness, and compactness of construction and well adapted to meet the requirements of practical use.

As many changes could be made in the above construction and many apparently widely different embodiments of my invention could be made without departing from the scope thereof, I intend that all matter contained in the above description or shown in the accompanying drawings shall be interpreted as illustrative and not in a limiting sense.

Having thus described my invention, what I claim as new, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is

1. The combination with a carb0dy ofa fixture secured thereto between the sidewalls, and means adapted removably to attach a sash-suspending device to said fixture, said means being provided with a beyond one of said side walls.

2. The combination with a car-body of a fixture secured thereto between the sidewalls, and means adapted removably to attach a sash-suspending device to said fixture, said means being provided with a supporting part projecting beyond one of said side walls.

3. The combination with a car-body of a fixture permanently secured therein between the side walls, sash-suspending means adapted to be secured to said fixture, and means without said side walls adapted to control the position of said suspending means with relation to said fixture.

4. The combination with a car-body of a fixture secured thereto between the side walls, sash-suspending means adapted to be introduced between said side walls and moved up and attached to said fixture, and means without said side walls adapted to control the position of said sash-suspending means with relation to said fixture.

5. In a car, the combination of a fixture secured between the side walls thereof above a sash, and sash-suspending means provided with a member adapted to coact with said fixture and also provided with a member extending beyond one of said side walls and adapted to be rigidly secured to said car.

6. The combination with a car-body having inner and outer side walls, of a fixture permanently secured to a pilaster between said walls, sash-suspending means having a member extending therefrom adapted to engage with said fixture, a member extending from said sash-suspending means beyond one of said side walls, and means adapted to fasten said member to said pilaster.

7. The combination with a car-body provided with a permanent fixture positioned between the side walls of sash-suspending means provided with a plurality of projecting portions, one of which is adapted to be attached to said fixture within the side walls, and the other of which extends beyond one of the side walls and is adapted to be attached to the car.

8. The combination with a car-body, of a socket mounted upon a pilaster between the side walls thereof, a suspending device for sashes provided with a hook-shaped member adapted to coact with said socket and being also provided with a depending member extending without the side walls, and means for fastening said depending member to said pilaster.

9. In combination, a car-body, a socket part projecting rigidly secured thereto between the side.

walls, a sash-suspending device provided with a hook-shaped member adapted to be hung on said socket and with a depending member extending without said side walls, and means for attaching said depending member securely to the side walls, said lastmentioned means controlling the engagement of said hook-shaped member with said socket.

10. The combination with a car-body, of a sash-suspending device, means for securing said sash-suspending device to said car-body within the side walls thereof, and means for attaching said sash-suspending device to said car-body Without said side walls.

11.. The combination with a car-body having spaced inner and outer side walls, of a IL ture permanently secured to the car within said side walls, a sash-suspending device adapted to be inserted from without said carbody within said side walls and provided with a hook-shaped member adapted to coact with said fixture whereby said sash-suspending device is secured to said car-body within said side walls, and means without said side walls adapted to secure a member depending from said sash-suspending device to said car.

12. In. construction of the class described, in combination, inner and outer walls, a member fixed within the space comprised between said walls, a sash, sash-suspending means connected with said sash and adapted to interlock with said member, and means adapted to control said interlocking means from without said space.

13. In construction of the class described, in combination, a structure comprising inner and outer walls, a sash, suspending means connected with said sash and adapted to be connected with said structure in the space comprised between said walls, and means adapted to control said last connection from without said space.

14. In construction of the class described, in combination, a pair of walls, a sash, suspending means connected with said sash and normally positioned within the space comprised between said walls, and a relatively accessible member connected with said suspending means and through which said suspending means is adapted to be removed from its normal operative position.

15. In. construction of the class described, in combination, a pair of walls, a sash adapted to pass into the space comprised between said walls, a fixture secured within said space, a spring-drum connected with and adapted to balance said sash, means within said space having mounted thereon said spring-drum' adapted to interlock with said fixture, and rigid means connected with said last-mentioned means and extending without said space adapted to control said interlocldng of said first-mentioned means with said fixture.

In testimony whereof I ailix my signature in the presence of two witnesses.

EDMUND M. EBB.

Witnesses H. M. SEAMANS, W. W. B. SEYMOUR. 

